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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

Centennial Elementary School, Columbus, NE

Centennial Elementary School is a public elementary school in Columbus, part of Columbus Public Schools. It enrolled 353 students in 2024-25, with 14.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
353
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
14.1
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is 2.1 lower than the district figure of 16.2. The Nebraska average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.1
District16.2
Nebraska14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
500 Centennial St, Columbus, NE 68602
Phone
(402)563-8180
District
Columbus Public Schools
County
Platte County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
310534001139
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
179
Reduced-price lunch
40
Free or reduced-price lunch
21962.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Columbus Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Columbus

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.